I am planning to buy (was ready to start negotiations) when my wife sat down on a chair in front of the Outback, and said "Now that's ugly".

I said what is it what's wrong.

"That big hole here in the bumper."

Now I don't know what that big hole is called but I think it is designed to bring the air into the radiator area.

It is rather big with no real styling features, so anyway the deal went sideways and we left.

The discussion with the wife was find a way to make that big hole look better.

Has anyone run into this issue or modified this part of the car?

Is there a kit to do it or do I have to fabricate something?

Who will drive that OB - you or your wife? If it's you (and you don't mind "big holes)than I am not sure what's the issue here. You are in FL therefore you want all the air you can get into the engine to cool it down properly....

the fix that is in that picture is a front mount intercooler, it is a functional and not purely asthetic part. If your car does not have a turbocharger then there is no use and that would be easily $500. But you can get plastic peices that look like intercoolers if you can find them.

So, you're going to modify the car because you want to buy it, so the wife will like it, because its going to be her car.

Really?

Maybe you don't speak 'wife/girlfriend' that well yet or something, but I hear clearly "I don't want the car even though you really like it, but I'm just too passive to say so." Might we ask what she has suggested instead of the Outback? I have a really hard time believing someone would skip buying a car they otherwise really want over just one aesthetic feature - unless they are dripping in money and have several cars to choose from anyway.

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